Celebrating Two New HEARTSafe Communities
We’re thrilled to announce that two new communities — Johnson County, Iowa, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida — have achieved HEARTSafe Community designation. Dianne Atkins, MD, Medical Director of Rotary-Kerber HEARTSafe Community Campaign (focused on increasing SCA survival rates in Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa), says she learned about the HEARTSafe initiative when attending the […]
Applying Community-Based Strategies to Improve Survival
The very nature of cardiac arrest requires bystanders to be ready, willing, and able to act. Additionally, to be successful their actions — in combination with care provided by our EMS, fire and first responder agencies — must occur within a system that coordinates and integrates each facet of care into a choreographed group effort, […]
Cardiologist Resuscitates Two Runners in the Same Race
An incredible save story recently happened at the November 13th Monterey Bay Half Marathon. While running, cardiologist Steven Lome, D.O., stopped to assist a runner in cardiac arrest around the third mile marker. While he started CPR, someone else called 911 and an AED arrived a few minutes later. One shock restored normal heart rhythm, […]
In Remembrance: George Murphy
Thank you to David Hiltz for writing and contributing this article to Currents. A dear friend of the resuscitation community and celebrated advocate-champion, George Murphy, NRP, died on June 17, 2022 at the Massachusetts General Hospital. George Murphy attended the Northeastern University paramedic program where he later earned his degree and worked for Boston EMS […]
